Contact

Reaching Michelle, and 7 Other Questions Answered

WHAT’S THE QUICKEST WAY TO REACH MICHELLE?

michelle@michellelodge.com; 212.595.3024

WHAT ABOUT MICHELLE’S EDITING EXPERIENCE?

A former colleague remarked that some of Michelle’s best writing is published without her byline. She has enhanced the work of writers for Time Inc., where she was an editor for six years plus, On Wall Street, Financial Planning, InformationWeek, Health, Family Circle, Library Journal, Weight Watchers and BabyTalk. Prior to joining the world of magazines, Michelle edited (and reported) for newspapers in Connecticut and Florida.

WHAT’S THE RANGE OF MICHELLE’S ONLINE WORK?

Michelle knows her way around the Web. Most recently, she was an editor for onwallstreet.com; she produces the online newsletter NYWICI Now and blogs events in real time. She regularly edits or writes or does both in content-management and image-editing programs, such as constantcontact.com, wordpress.com, photobucket.com and sumopaint.com.

SAY YOU HAVE A STORY IDEA YOU THINK IS RIGHT FOR MICHELLE.
ANY TIPS ON PIQUING HER CURIOSITY?

First, read Michelle’s clips to get a sense of her work and whether your project is a fit. No point in wasting anyone’s time. Then e-mail her. She’ll let you know if she’s interested.

DOES MICHELLE TEACH CLASSES OR GIVE PRIVATE LESSONS?

Michelle has been a lecturer at New York University, where she has taught 10-week courses on writing for magazines and interviewing. She gives students an A-to-Z experience, in the sense that she teaches them to think like a writer (and an editor), from concept to pitch to revisions to finished piece. In her interviewing course, she provides students with the tools to form the right questions from their research, write and ask questions and craft the information into an article or profile. All classes involve lots of writing and reading and feedback and feature guest speakers (among them, Pulitzer Prize winner Alex S. Jones, MacArthur fellow Michael Massing and the guru of nonfiction writing William Zinsser, author of On Writing Well). Private students can expect the same rigorous training.

TO BOOK HER FOR A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT, HOW SHOULD YOU PROCEED?

E-mail Michelle at michelle@michellelodge.com and ask about her availability and fees.